Allison BarberChancellor

February 1, 2015WGU Indiana

Higher Ed

Online learning

Allison Barber is the chancellor of WGU Indiana, the state’s
online, competency-based university. She champions college
attainment for working Hoosiers who have some college but have
not yet earned a degree. WGU Indiana also offers advanced degrees
in business, education, health profession and technology.
Previously, Barber was president of her own firm in the
Washington, D.C. area. She was also an adjunct professor at
Georgetown University in the master’s program for public
relations and corporate communications. Barber spent more than
seven years at the Department of Defense serving as a deputy
assistant secretary of defense. She also worked at the
White House during the early stages of the wars in Afghanistan
and Iraq, was president of PlowShare’s D.C. office, public
relations director for the American Red Cross and a grade school
teacher in Indiana. She is on the boards of the Indiana Chamber
of Commerce, TechPoint and the Elizabeth Dole Military Caregivers
Foundation. She has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education
from Tennessee Temple University, a master’s in elementary
education from Indiana University, and a doctorate in leadership
from Tennessee Temple University.